Travelport Adds Transavia.com to GDS

Travelport and Dutch low-cost airline Transavia.com have announced a new agreement for the distribution of transavia.com’s content to Travelport-connected agencies. Initially the service is being piloted in Portugal with plans to make the content more widely available from Q4 2012.

Transavia.com carries more than five million passengers to over 100 destinations from bases in the Netherlands and France. The destinations include multiple airports in a number of countries including Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Turkey, Germany, Austria and Greece.

“Expanding our global reach is an important part of our ongoing distribution strategy and an agreement with Travelport is the obvious way to achieve this,” said Rob van Dam, Vice President Sales of Transavia.com. “By accessing Travelport’s large customer base, we are opening up a valuable new channel for consumers to book our flights.”

Robin Ranken, Head of Airline Relationships for Europe at Travelport, added: “This is an important agreement for our travel agency customers worldwide, who currently are the only ones to have access to this content. We are delighted that Transavia.com has recognised the value that Travelport brings to airlines across the globe and we are excited about developing a long-term partnership with them.”